Mat for ticket or other stamping devices.



P Nb.'853.393.

PATENTED MAY 1 1, 1907. I

Y W. A. ALBAUGH. MAT FORVTIUKET OR OTHER STAMPING-DEVICES.

APPLICATION IILEDTI OV. 13. 1906.

9 01 in ma n at oint gw WILLIAM A. ALBAUGII, ()F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MAT FOR TICKET OR OTHER STAMPING DEVICES- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed November 13 1906. Serial No. 343,298.

To IIIZZ whom it Ina/y concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. AL- BAUGII, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of the city of Baltimore, State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mats forTicket or other Stampin Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is a cushion or pad for ,ticket or otherstamping devices, to which the stamp is readily and securely attachedwithout the employment of separate attaching -means.

Stamps of the class mentioned are usually provided with cushions or padsto prevent their injuring the table or desk on which the y rest, toavoid the noise and jarring otherwise incidental to the operation of thestani to make a clearer impression on the ticket stamped, and to prolongthe usefulness of the stamp. Such pads are commonly fiat mats of rubberor similar material on which the stamps rest without any means ofattachment thereto. Such a mat, although simple, has the fault that thestam in operation tends to work off the mat, an also that both the matand the stamp when the osition of the latterv on the table is changeSpecial means of attaching the mat to the stamp have been devised, 'butsuch means are for the most part troublesome and unreliable. Continuousflanged elastic bands have also been used for this purpose, but

these have no durability and at their best do not answer the purposes ofmy invention.

In my invention I have discarded the flat mat, and instead have a mat orshoe of rubber or other suitable cushioning material, shaped to securelyengage and interlock with the base plate of the stam when in use.

The pad is referably of resi ient'or flexible material, w erebythe'stamp-holding por- 'sary to secure attachment to the stamp.

Having set forth the general obj cots and must be seized nature of myinvention I will now describe an embodiment of the same in detail inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a planview of the top of my improved stamp cushion. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is a detailed view in section along the line 33 ofFig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the base (1) of my device is shown providedat either end with the upward extending stamp retaining flanges (2 (it3). These flanges are shown as an extension of the material of the baseat either end thereof to about twice the normal thickness of the base.These end extensions are recessed, as at 4 & 5, to form pockets by meansof which the extensions or flanges engage and interlock with the base ofthe stamp. The up )er walls of the recess are preferably sloped inwardlyat an angle to the base and are curved to snugly fit the base of thestam In attaching the cushion to the stamp the base and flange of thedevice are bent until the flange slips over the end of the base of thestamp and the latter engages the pockets 4 & 5.

' In order that the device may be flexible, and without any waste ofmaterial have the proper strength it is preferably shaped as shown inFig. 1, as of substantially 8-shape, the sides being curved inwardly tothe center 7 which forms a sort of connecting tongue between the stampengaging ortions, and the base is cut away as at 8 an 9.

The device is preferably of a single piece and of rubber. Other materialand other shapes may, however, be easily adopted to accord to the tasteof the manufacturer and the style of stamp with which the device is emloyed.

IIaving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Pattent is:

1. A mat for stamping devices broadened and interiorly cut away at theends, and intermediately reduced, having an upward extension at each endundercut to receive the base of the stamping device.

2. A mat for stamping devices of substantial thickness and composed ofresilient mater'el, having an upward extension at each en undercut toreceive the base of the stem ing device, the met being intermediate yreduced so that it may be easily bent Si 'ned by me at Baltimore,Maryland, this 9th day of November, 1906.

WILLIAM A. ALBAUGII.

